The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-15
A REPUBLICAS VIEW
or Some of the Senatorial Cand
dates and Their Chances.


dates and Their Chances.
Knoxville journals Republican,
Nashville correspondence: Outside OF
the list OF Senatorial candidates them.
selves, there is such an entire absence
of interest manifested that il must be
very painful TO them Their head.
quarters at the Maxwell House aye as
quiet as any other portion OF the ho-
tel, and stranger visiting here would
never dream that Senatorial cleo
ton was about to take place. There
is no lobby to speak of and the candi-
dates have lonely look, calculated to
excite sympathy. One thing may be
said in their favor, and that is, they
didn't break the Sabbsth very badly.
They remsir ed in their rooms
throughout the day to receive visitors,
but their visitors were few in num-
bar aud remarkably quiet. They
retired to their couches early
in the evening 10 sleep, per.
chance to dream, and from
the cheerful manner in which
some OF them snored at IL O'Clock they
must have fallen into the embraces OF
the drowsy goddess, at peace with the
whole world, and totally Indifferent
to results. Unless they are blessed
with more sanguine disposition than
ordinary moftals, these ambitious gen.
tlemen must be discouraged with their
respective booms; bat as they are still
smiling, there is reason to believe that
they are blind to the situation.
Among the cand dates on the ground
is Solon E Rose, of Pulaski. He is q
polished gentleman of the olden time
In the contest of 1881, when Judge
Howell E. Jackson was elected to the
Senate, Judge Rose enjoyed the acci.
| dental distinction Of being United
States Senator elect for the space OF
about fifty seconds. He had a ms )r.
| ity Of all the votes cast, but before the
| Clerk had time to announce the result
q member asked that his vote be
changed to Jackson, who had not be.
fore voted for and who was at the
time a member of the House of Repre-
sentatives. This got up a stampede
and Jackson was elected. Judge
r R5ss'a boom was snuffed out almost
beiole it had been staltsd. But being
a Senator for fifty seconds sharpsned
his appetite for the Office. In his sim
plicity he imagined that having come
so near getting the fruit before with
out having asked for it, he can surely
get it now merely by reaching out his
nand and plucking il. Guileless old
gentleman When it is all over he
will find that the Democrats Of the
present Legislature "knew not Jo-
seph," and that he is left in a condi-
ton even more dilapidated than that
OF the traditional last rose OF summer.
Judge J. L. T. Sneed, formerly of the
Supreme bench, has convinced him.
sell that he is a candidate for United
States Senator. He has established
headquarters at the Nicholson House,
whtre he is trying to convince other
people that he Is a candidate. He is
not succeeding very we'll in the at
tempt. When the balloting begins he
will be surprised at the smallness OF
his vote. It will require no expert to
count it. The fiDgers Of the two hands
will be sufficient to number it.
The boss Democratic machine
wrecker from Memphis, the Hon.
James D. Phelsn, is in the city. He
is q young man, wears dark full
beard, is about six feet high in his
boots and rather spare In his build.
He is an entertaininaconversationali
and breathes the air Of 1887. He does
not believe there is any good reason
why men should look at the sun OF to-
day through the m sts OF half centu.
~ ago. He shocked the fossilized
politicians OF this State last summer by
irreverently Announcing himsely q
candidate for Congress in Senator Har'
ris's own district without having OBJ
tanned permission from that distin
guished gentleman to make the race
With total disregard for established
precedents, he proclaimed publicly
that he did not seek the support oi
the honorable Senator, and that II
elected he would not wear what has
by some been considered q distinction
OF honor, that ancient statesman't
we'll worn collar. He drove his
competitors to the wall, one aftel
another, and when the Demo
cratic Convention was held, HI
was nominated without opposition
He beat the Hon. Zach Taylor, a goOC
Republican, at the polls. So far as Ssna
tor Har vison is concerned, Mr.. Phelal
enters Congress entirely Independent
of him, and don't care who knows i
1t was nail driven into the Senator
political coffin. Others have bee
, driven since, one by Maj. Wagner
and the hammers are in hand to driv
still Others. II the Senator achieve
!, any political honors in the future
) will be at the end Of a desperate strui
b. gle. 1t may be eaid of Mr.. Phela
J, that he Is not one OF Horace Greeley
!, men, who ride backward in the car
!, and never see an object by the wa
side until they have parsed it, 3
}, rides with his face to the front az
: sees what is worth seeing before
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